
AJMC and the American Association of Diabetes Educators Publish Joint Issue
The American Journal of Managed Care and the American Association of Diabetes Educators have collaborated on a special joint issue of Evidence-Based Diabetes Management, which focuses on the growing evidence for payer coverage of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support and the Diabetes Prevention Program.
PLAINSBORO, N.J., and CHICAGO—
“We are pleased and excited to work with The American Journal of Managed Care to share the message that partnerships with diabetes educators for the delivery of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support and the Diabetes Prevention Program can assist payers in meeting today’s healthcare goals,” said 2016 AADE President Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, FAADE. “Empowering people at risk for or with prediabetes or diagnosed with diabetes to self-manage their disease will improve their health and quality of life, while reducing costs for the system.”
The December issue of EBDM focuses on the growing body of evidence that Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, or DSMES, is an effective disease management tool that saves health systems money but is woefully underutilized. More widespread use of DSMES will require that payers—both public and private—rethink policies and payment structures.
Editor-in-chief Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, the chief medical officer and senior vice president of Joslin Diabetes Center, and Warshaw lead off the issue with a
“The quest now is to move referral and utilization of DSMES from a rec­ommendation to an expectation,” Gabbay and Warshaw write. “Today, people who fail to follow through on a referral for a
mammogram, a colonoscopy, or blood work know they will hear about it at the next visit. In diabetes care, DSMES must be treated with the same urgency.”
In addition to coverage of AADE16, the organization’s annual conference held earlier this year in San Diego, California, the special issue features the following:
· Catherine A. O’Brian, PhD, and Leslie E. Kolb, MBA, BSN, RN, of AADE’s Department of Science and Practice, discuss the
· Mary Ann Hodorowicz, RDN, MBA, CDE, CEC, addresses the role of diabetes educators in helping
· The issue discusses AADE’s role in scaling the
Sara Belanger, director of sales for The American Journal of Managed Care, encouraged payers and policymakers to not only read the current issue but also to heed AADE’s advice about the epidemic of diabetes. “These are the voices on the front lines of an epidemic that is costing us $245 billion a year,” she said.
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About the AADE
The American Association of Diabetes Educators is a multi-disciplinary professional membership organization dedicated to improving diabetes care through innovative education, management and support. With more than 14,000 professional members including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, exercise specialists, and others, AADE has a vast network of practitioners working with people who have, are affected by or are at risk for diabetes. Learn more at diabeteseducator.org.
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